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Josh Luckenbaugh • National Defense Magazine

Report Calls for Pentagon to Build a ‘Digital Golden Dome’

The Defense Department’s Golden Dome for America program is building a next-generation missile defense shield to protect the United States from a...

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Darrell Allen II • Global Security Review

Would Golden Dome Make America Safer?

Concerns for Golden Dome go beyond the dome antimissile defense...

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1w ago
Stephen J. Cimbala • Military Strategy Magazine

The Golden Dome, Missile Defenses and Deterrence

As aerospace and other defense contractors line up to take part in early phases of research and development for Golden Dome, there are important...

1w agoRead it on Military Strategy Magazine
1w ago
Darrell Allen II • Global Security Review

Would Golden Dome Make America Safer?

... determining the Golden Dome's effectiveness is problematic due to the difficulty of intercepting ballistic missiles, and the need is to stop...

1w agoRead it on Global Security Review
3w ago
Bill Gertz • The Washington Times

Golden Dome Secrecy Fuels Debate Over Cost, Effectiveness

Secrecy over missile defense weapons, plans hinders congressional backing

3w agoRead it on The Washington Times
09/24/26
Thane Clare • Defense News

Golden Dome Czar Must Get Control of All US Missile Defense Programs

The United States is largely defenseless against Russian and Chinese aerial attacks

09/24/26Read it on Defense News
09/15/26
Anastasia Obis • Federal News Network

Golden Dome Needs Congressional Buy-In

"We need to make sure that there's strong buy-in not just from Congress or from any administration, but from the people of this country," Sen. Deb...

09/15/26Read it on Federal News Network
09/09/26
Sam Lair, Jeffrey Lewis & Aaron Stein • Foreign Policy Research Institute

Nothing New Under the Golden Dome

Golden Dome has quickly become the signature defense program of President Trump's second term. The most contentious element of this ambitious...

09/09/26Read it on Foreign Policy Research Institute
08/28/26
Mikayla Easley • DefenseScoop

Initial Golden Dome Tests Focused on C2, Software

The first large-scale tests for the Golden Dome missile defense shield focused on validating the architecture's complex command-and-control and...

08/28/26Read it on DefenseScoop
08/25/26
Glen VanHerck • The National Interest

Why the Golden Dome Is Essential for Homeland Defense

The proposed, multi-layered missile defense system is the best way to restore strategic deterrence through deterrence by denial.

08/25/26Read it on The National Interest
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